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[mood| happy]
[music| Starless Night -- Olivia Lufkin]


I woke up from a dream last night that I was back at science camp with all my favorite kids. They still remembered me, and somehow, I still remembered all their names. (You would've thought I'd only remembered Dewdrop's. :O ) I woke up smiling. :]

[mood| lazy]
[music| Shadow of Love -- Olivia Lufkin]


Please have a second season. :'(

After the first season ended many many moons ago, I was forced to go without it for awhile. I even watched the movies, although that was mostly for Mika Nakashima. Through Brian, I learned a number of spoilers, including things pertaining to the character I had the hugest crush on ever. Not only was he addicted to drugs, he also apparently dies later. :'( What the hell. So now I'm reading the manga and listening to the music to appease my sorrow.

[mood| lazy]
[music| Steps OST]

My dad and Sam were having a discussion the other day about why I "prefer foreigners." My dad speculated that it was because a couple years ago, my mom went through an entire break down of all the different races to explain why I should date Chinese people. (She actually never mentioned white guys, although she did warn my brother away from white girls. :O ) He thinks this is me being "rebellious." I laughed for awhile because it sounded pretty ridiculous. :O

I finished an entire Canto series today (last night+this morning o_o ).

A couple years ago, my dad revealed to me that he'd named me Farrah, after Farrah Fawcett. (All three of us have the same initials. :O ) I think it's really sad that she passed away. :[ It was also kinda weird seeing "RIP" attached to my name. And...at least Michael Jackson's songs live on.

423, repeat.

[mood| chipper]
[music| How Do You Know -- Enchanted OST]


I really, really shouldn't subject other people to my company when I haven't slept much. I turn into such a grump. :[

Ochem is kinda screwing up my life, even though it's not even in my life anymore. I wonder if it's possible to take a class for no credit but still get a grade for it.
The equestrian center no longer has the work exchange program. :'( I guess I'm going to have to pay for my own lessons. This sucks ass. But I guess if I think about it another way--I now get to keep an extra 6 hours in each week, and I'm not working for $5.83 an hour for private lessons. That makes it slightly better. Slightly. I was really looking forward to taking care of the horses again this summer.

My bike's back tire decided to choose today to die on me. After I put in more air, it decided to leak all the air out so that when I was setting off to go teach piano, I couldn't bike anymore. To preface, it was effing hot today. I had a little over 15 minutes to get there and it's almost 2 miles away. On my bike, this would be nothing. Without my bike and in the blazing heat, it definitely is.

By some chance of a miracle, I actually managed to get there at exactly 4:15 p.m. Teaching the kids was fun as usual. Their dad actually lent me his bike so I wouldn't have to walk back home. He said to just keep it until I can get my bike fixed. That was amazingly nice of him. :] :] :]

I need tire levers and a wrench.

[mood| calm]
[music| So Close -- Jon McLaughlin]


We went kayaking in Monterey this weekend. :D It was pretty freaking awesome. We ended up going on a tour because the last time I went kayaking was in Lake Elizabeth at age 11, and the last time Jordan went was when he was 14 or 15. Suffice to say, it's been awhile. The weather was being kinda crappy and questionable, and the tour ended up turning into a private tour. We ended up not really having to worry about being eaten by giant sharks because the bay is apparently pretty safe (that's a definite plus >_> ). We got to see all kinds of different birds, as well as sea lions, seals, snails, an isopod that tickled my hand, and my personal favorite--otters! They were sleeping in a bunch in the water all tied up in kelp. It was really cute. :D We also saw a baby otter being fed by its mother. :] :] :] Our kayak, apparently also known as a "divorce boat" was home to a sea lettuce fight. Jordan was in back of me, so he kept throwing it at me. I saved it up so I could throw it at him when he really deserved it. The opportunity of course arose because he's as obnoxious as they come (<3 :O )--he was braking while I was paddling. >:[ So Something of course had to be done. :O His face took a direct hit. :D It was pretty awesome.

By far the most awesome part, however, was our epic landing. The guy was standing at the shore telling us when to paddle and when to stop. We were right on top of a wave when he told us to stop. I made a half-hearted attempt to stop, but I knew we probably wouldn't. I was fully expecting to capsize and figured we'd probably lose our kayak and have to run for shore. But somehow, we managed to make a perfect landing when the 5-foot wave crashed us onto shore. I lifted from my seat but managed to sit back down and stay in the boat, and we landed perfectly straight onto the shore. It was so effing fun. :D :D The guy told us he'd landed over 400 kayaks and our landing was the best one he'd ever seen. "I was a little worried about you guys at first, but once I saw that you were safe, 'Dude, that was awesome.'" I had a faceful of kelp and sand, but it's okay. :O That was unbelievably fun. :D :D

[mood| lazy]
[music| Enchanted Suite -- Alan Menken ]


Henry's such a hater. :[ He thinks I'm boring, and is apparently only keeping me around as a friend because I am attractive. :'( So I guess the minute he stops being my friend = the day I am no longer attractive. :'( How very blunt and honest.

[mood| unmotivated]
[music| Miss You -- Westlife]


I haven't really gotten started on the bucket list, but Jordan and I started another list over the weekend! :D (Of all the stuff we want to do.) Given our schedules, I have no idea when it'll ever be finished, but that's okay. :O One at a time! Or we could just keep adding stuff as we think of it and just really never finish it. >_>

-go on all the best roller coasters in the country
-whitewater rafting
-water parks
-skydiving
-salsa
-eat at really cool+good restaurants
-explore new england (and eat a lot)
-Vancouver + Victoria Island (Canadia!)
-waverunners or jet skis
-Alaska! :O
-San Diego
I wonder if I forgot anything. I think it'd be cool to explore cities and go to beaches too. :D Anything to get me away from school. I'm tired of school. I don't think I've ever been so unmotivated to take my finals. I started studying for today's half an hour before the actual thing and I kept zoning out and nodding off. It was fun. I hope I still get an A+ in that class. :\

[mood| contemplative]
[music| Bitter Heart -- Zee Avi]


I want to create something like a bucket list for my senior year here at Davis. I've had senior standing since the end of sophomore year, so I feel like I've been here for a really effing long time, but next year's really my last year. (Because, whether I like it or not, the deans are going to kick me out after four years.) I haven't really thought much on what to put on the list, but I imagine I'll come up with something soon.

Since I was sad about losing my super-chill job the library, I decided to apply everywhere. The first one didn't accept me because my availability sucks complete ass, despite my extra 15.5 hours per week. I got the teaching job. I didn't get the peer advising job, and to be completely honest, I am really, really disappointed. And shocked. Who the hell got it over me? :'( (I realize this sounds arrogant, but seriously. I think I was really effing qualified for the job. >_> ) So that's kinda busted my optimism about getting the guide one because they seriously made it seem like this waiting period was just a formality. I could just play piano for people, but that's not very steady, and I wanted a slightly steady source of income, even if it might not be all that much. (I'm also really going to miss my key.)

I'm not worried about having nothing to do (hah, since when is that ever a problem?). I think if I seriously end up with no job, I'm probably going to take up another volunteer position. Or find more students. Or sleep more. Or have friends. And a life. I'll take my pick then.

[mood| amused]
[music| I have no idea]


I need to stop getting sick right before + during finals week. :|

Summer: Check.
Fall: I can't remember if I got sick, but I had a cough that lasted forever.
Winter: Check.
Spring: ...Check.

That's basically 4 out of 4. :[ Why don't I get 100% in other things?

[mood| amused]
[music| Telemann piece]


I'm probably severely shortchanging myself here, but I don't really care. >_> The kids were just too cute. So I guess I have a teaching job! :O It's less than a 10 minute bike ride away from where I live, so it's not bad. I'll get a little exercise going back and forth, haha. Although technically, I could be charging $35 an hour since I'm traveling there, I'm not. It's kinda a lot less, but hell. Once every two weeks, and I get to hang out with really cute kids that seem to really like me already. :D

Rey has it in for me. :'( I got "freckles" for Taboo, so I said it was something on my face that my parents didn't like, and she came up with "moles" and "acne." :'( She was asking me later how the braids she did for me turned out for luau and said, "I was hoping they'd turn out ugly." :'(

She hates me! :'( FML indeed.

[mood| tired]
[music| Lucky -- Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat]


Can this quarter please be over right now? I hate my biomechanics class. :[ I actually like biochem more than biomechanics. (I never would have thought this possible.) Please let me pass this class so I'll never have to take it again. Please, please, please. It's making me hella cranky and hard to deal with. :[

I'm only taking two classes this summer (and only one during August! :O ), so I've kinda packed it full with other stuff to do.
-classes
-phac
-shriners
-work at equestrian center
-riding lessons
-work at library?
-teach piano?
-show exchange students around davis?
Since I have 4-day weekends (except on weekends where I have clinic), I might actually have free time!!! *-*

Other than school though, this song is how I usually feel. :]

[mood| tired]
[music| Don't Forget to Remember Me -- Carrie Underwood]


I bought alcohol for the first time over the weekend. It was for Henry, so he could slip into an intoxicated bliss. Now, I'm wondering if that was really such a good idea. :[ Not to mention, I still felt like I was doing something wrong, and kept thinking when she was looking at my ID that I'd get caught. Which is a little sad, because it's legal for me to purchase it now. -_- I guess I wasn't made to be a criminal.

Davis apparently called my parents the other day asking why I hadn't filed for graduation yet (lawl). I've apparently had senior standing since the end of sophomore year, so they don't really know what I'm up to.

On the ride back to Davis today, my dad was talking to me about research today and how one of our family friends is in Hong Kong for the next two years or so doing scientific research and getting paid for it. I politely told him that I really had no interest in it, and he went on to talk about the research he did at Toronto. I think he started elaborating on something else, and I drifted off to sleep. :[ I called home a little while ago to tell him I was sorry I fell asleep, and he said from now on, if I ever have insomnia, he's just going to talk me to sleep, since apparently, he's that boring.

I'm sorry, Daddy Fong! :'(

I hope he gets to Hong Kong safely tomorrow. If anyone could keep him and my grandma in their prayers, I'd be really grateful.

[mood| tired]
[music| No More Flowers -- Tom Wehrle]


#1: I told Anthony (among others) about my subsequent decision to not pursue the third major (or second track, whichever way you want to look at it). Because Anthony is a pro at pushing my buttons and finds great joy in doing so, he decided to make me second-guess whether or not I should really give up on it. It has been in my (and I'm sure, many others') experience that the things people end up regretting the most are the things they didn't do--not the things they did do. I think it'd be awesome to pursue this as well, but another side of me is also itching to see what it's like to have actual free time, for once. I'm so confused now. :[ ("Think about it, Farrah! It's just one more class! A paper you can finish in a weekend! And then you can say you graduated with three majors in four years. That's almost a major a year. C'mon, Farrah, you know you want to.")

This leads to...
#2: As I'm biking to my biomechanics class, I hear someone saying, "Henry Spiller..."
I turn around and see him biking past me.
"Has your name written all over it!"
(For the record, that's my adviser, and if he'd be willing to take on another person, he's probably the person I'd be researching under if I decided to do this.)
I gave chase, but he is a much more seasoned cyclist (not to mention, his bike is of much higher quality), so I just shouted after him, "IF I HAD A KNIFE, I'D THROW IT AFTER YOU RIGHT NOW!"
And then I turn around and see the Davis bike cop pedaling right behind me. sigh. At least I didn't get written up for threatening bodily harm.

#3: I don't think I realized how much I missed home until I actually got home. It took me $12.05 and a little over 2.5 hours to get back to Fremont. My dad talked to me in the car--he said he has three things to say to me about my "new romance" (which isn't really all that new, but sure). Drawing from examples such as my aunt and one of my mom's friends, I may have to cut out some of my friends from my life due to cultural barriers+issues (I think this will not be a problem, since I'm second-generation), so I should just be prepared for that. I don't think I'm actually close friends with (or even friends with...) any straight-up fobs, so I think I'm good to go. The other two basically were the same things as point #1. If that's all you have to say about it, I think I've found myself a pretty effing awesome catch, Daddy Fong. :D

#4: I was also talking with my mom for awhile. I think I finally know why she was asking whether Jordan was going out with anyone else, hahaha. It probably has to do with when I met his mom and she was taking a picture of us and he was saying, "Let's go eat!" I think my mom's just trying to look out for me because she knows I'm smitten and that I would be heartbroken if he had another girlfriend hiding on the east coast (I would indeed be pretty sad ;_; ). But she thinks he's cool and I have debunked the theory, so we're good. I think the only other thing she has to say (other than the standard "respect my daughter's body" speech, WHICH, by the way, reminds me, my mom actually came right out and said "sex" to me a couple weeks ago. I was in shock for awhile; I don't think I've ever heard her say that, in any language. haw haw. Moving on.) is that it'd be cool if he were Christian. There is nothing I can say on this matter because I've always been under the belief that you can't force/impress your beliefs on anyone else, and I wouldn't want to try.

[mood| tired]
[music| Maile's Song -- Keali'i Reichel]


So I discovered a couple days ago that I am just one class away from double-tracking in ethnomusicology with honors (technically, it's music history, theory or ethnomusicology, but I'd choose the last one). One class plus research with a professor (I'd probably get my adviser to help me out). I was kinda all for it, since it adds to my current disgusting-ness, and it'd be awesome to research some kind of Hawaiian music (which would have been my topic of choice). I'm going to have an extra 15.5 hours per week next school year on account of the fact that I've lost my work study (WHY :'( ) and the department can no longer afford to hire me (for the library, anyway). I actually really like being there, so I'm wondering if they'll let me volunteer hours, haha.

But then I'm thinking I might be partially doing the extra track just for brag rights, and that's never a good reason to go for something. :[ (How cool would it have been to say that in four years, I managed to get a degree in exercise biology, music performance (piano) and ethnomusicology with honors though?) Anyway, I'm thinking maybe I should just not do it and see what it's like to have free time, for once. As I was finding class CRN numbers last week, I came across the realization that I've taken 75 academic (not counting horseback riding, Brazilian dance, belly dancing, first aid, CPR...etc. etc. etc.) classes at Davis so far.

So would it not be a novel idea to just have free time fall quarter, to be able to see and spend time with loved ones, to be able to say, "Yeah, let's go out to lunch!" instead of, "I'm sorry, I have class," to be able to go to my professors' office hours for once in my life, to have time to actually practice piano, to be able to cook while following a recipe instead of making a giant batch of something I throw together to last me throughout the week (I won't even get to the improvised sandwiches), to read books...

It sounds really appealing because I'm getting pretty freaking burnt out from school. If all goes according to plan, in 5 years' time, I will have taken approximately 8 years' worth of classes. So I think I'm entitled to give myself a break.

That said, I'm still taking 8 classes in the fall, but for once, it is under 20 units. Hooray!

[mood| annoyed]
[music| Rock A Hula -- Elvis Presley]


My laptop adapter is a piece of crap. My battery won't charge either. Fun stuff! I don't really have the money or the patience to deal with this right now. :|

My R4 card still hasn't come in. :[ :[ Is this a sign from above that I should be studying?

[mood| happy]
[music| A Nightmare to Remember -- Dream Theater]


The season finale for Supernatural (Season 4) is out! Almost. (Although I haven't watched it yet...) How long will I have to wait until I can watch Season 5? ;_;

My pass time is at 6:30 a.m. on Tuesday. I think this is probably as good as it gets, because the first day is reserved for athletes and DHC. I really freaking better get the classes I want. -_- I'm still in somewhat of a dilemma for what I should do if any of the classes I were to take (read: need to take) overlap with one another. I do not (cannot) wait around another year for them, unless they feel like paying my room and board, along with my tuition for that extra year. >_> And I still want to take that exercise psychology class, but I wonder if I'll be able to. ;_; But anyway, next fall is going to be rather cool.

sigh.
Anatomy Coloring Book
Bra that actually works with my costumes -_-
running shoes...

[mood| happy]
[music| Mad -- Ne-Yo]


Hooray! I can speak to patients in Mandarin now and they understand me! <3 And I understand them!

Now, to be quadrilingual (+ to maintain and/or achieve fluency in the two current Asian languages/dialects) by the end of 2011. *-*

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I just thought you might like to know, when I was about to sleep yesterday, I yawned, inhaled my blanket, and started coughing and choking. Fail.

[mood| hungry]
[music| Walking Her Home -- Mark Schultz]


( Restaurants/Places-with-Food I've Been To In/Near Davis )

Restaurants/Places-with-Food I'd Like To Go To In/Near Davis
Plainfield Station
Yolo Berry Yogurt
KetMoRee
The Candy House of Davis
Sunrise Restaurant
Uncle Vito's Slice of N.Y.
Farmer's Kitchen Cafe
Ali Baba

[mood| ecstatic]
[music| Faces Like Mine -- Emilie Autumn]


Sappy paragraph ahead. (This is your warning.)
In case it wasn't already clear, Jordan is freaking awesome. :D :D :D I was having a completely shitty week and Jordan forbade me from having any plans on Friday night. Which is when he kidnapped me and put his jacket over my head so I wouldn't be able to see where we were going. I somehow ended up guessing that we were at Caffe Italia because I'm a psychic in training and stuff. He had apparently been collaborating with my friends behind my back for ages, and rounded them up to surprise me for dinner since I usually don't ever have time to hang out with my friends. He even got my brother and Henry in on it. :O Definite keeper, yes yes? :D I think it's a really good sign if, almost 9 months in, I still get warm fuzzies and still love spending time with him doing just about anything, even if it's something as mundane as putting dishes away, folding clothes, or shopping for groceries. (That's just weird, huh?) But stuff like that's more fun when he's around.

[/sappiness]

I've started playing my DS at work, which is probably really, really horrible. (I'm still doing my job, obviously, but still. Being paid $8 an hour to play DS and get CDs for people? That's pretty freaking awesome.) I feel kinda bad though, because my supervisor saw it today and commented on how it looked really cool and stuff.
Me: Yeah! :D (Ohshit...)
Her: What is it?
Me: You can look stuff up on it! :D...

Which you can, provided that you have the right program. So technically, that really wasn't a lie. Right? Yeah. :[

Phebe gave me a free harpsichord demo today, since I'm learning it for my early music class. :D I'm trying to decide between two songs at the moment. One is overplayed (but I still really like it)--it's called Les Barricades Mistérieuses, and the other's also really pretty, but I can't remember the name.

I also get to go flying on Saturday after clinic! We are biking to the airport. :O

[mood| ecstatic]
[music| Decode -- Paramore]


Someone's playing drums outside. :[ I'm trying to freaking study for biomechanics right now. Shut your face! >:o

I managed to have 3 free ice creams from Ben & Jerry's yesterday before I had to bike furiously back to class. :O I wanted to go to Jusco to get free sushi for my birthday, but when we got there, there was a sign on the door that said, "We will be closed on April 21, 2009. Sorry for any inconvenience." No explanation, nothin'. Just closed. :'( So we went to Davis Sushi Buffet and I did end up getting free sushi anyway, but whyyy!!! :O Oh well, it's okay. I was still fed for free.

Jordan finally revealed what the "mystical present" was. :D :D :D :D :D (My guess was right! Kindasorta.) I got the DS part right because of previous possible-hints, and he also got me FFIII, FFIV and Super Mario Bros because he is freaking amazing. *-* I'm trying really, really hard not to play it since this is midterm week, but it's rather difficult. (I played Super Mario this morning, haha. :O ) I hella need to beat him for his birthday. :O I have 4 months to think on it though. :O But holy crap! :O This is the most technologically advanced game system I've ever owned (The three gaming systems I've owned before this = SNES, a pocket game boy, and my computer, where I also play SNES). But holy shit! :O :O :O